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Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day?
This sonnet is possibly the most famous sonnet ever, and certainly one that has entered deeply into the consciousness of our…
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When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought
When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a…
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Music To Hear, Why Hear’st Thou Music Sadly?
Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:Why lov’st thou that which…
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Lo! In The Orient When The Gracious Light
Lo! in the orient when the gracious lightLifts up his burning head, each under eyeDoth homage to his new-appearing sight,Serving…
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Then Let Not Winter’s Ragged Hand Deface
Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface,In thee thy summer, ere thou be distilled:Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some…
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Those Hours, That With Gentle Work Did Frame
Those hours, that with gentle work did frameThe lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,Will play the tyrants to the…
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Then Let Not Winter’s Ragged Hand Deface
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendUpon thyself thy beauty’s legacy?Nature’s bequest gives nothing but doth lend,And being frank she lends…
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Look In Thy Glass, And Tell The Face Thous Viewest
Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewestNow is the time that face should form another;Whose fresh repair…
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When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field,Thy youth’s proud livery, so gazed on…
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Full Many A Glorious Morning I Have Seen
Full many a glorious morning have I seenFlatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye,Kissing with golden face the meadows green,Gilding…